The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-27
HERE AND THERE.


ness which amounts 70 about s'5o,0OO,
year
| The Great Eastern, which originally cost
| 81, 500, 600 aud was sold year ago for Sl25-
No. has again been sold at auction In Liver
pool for 100000.
The temporary injunction against cutting
the eucalyptus trees from certain streets OF
Alameda, Cal, has been dissolved, and the
trees win now he cut down.
There 1900 temples in China that were
erected TO the memory of Confucius. In
these ed6ccs G2,0O0 pigs, rabbits, deer, and
sheep are sacrificed annually.
The longest street railway In the country Is
now IN operation between Elizabeth and New
ark. n. J., the ronni trip being nearly thirty
miles, for which the fare is 20 cents
An effort is being made to organize com
pany at Chattanooga, Tenn, to manufacture
lime from the Stag of furnaces 1t is believed
this can be worked into profitable industry.
Buenos Ayres Is said to contain more mill
Ionaircs than any other city In the world.
There are scores OF private residences that cost
over million dollars each, and one of the
banks has a paid.up capital of S51, 100000.
A clergyman of Moncton, ~ B., alluded to
The Savior in one Of his recent sermons as
''lhe prince OF the anarchists His blunder-
lng explanation was that he reant 70 call our
Lord "a prince among the friends OF the
workingmen."
Ten saw.mlls at and about Truckcc, New,
This season, cut 44,00O,000 feet OF lumber.
Last wear the total was 80 00O0 900 feet.
Less than 10000, 600 feet Of lumber is on hand
At the mills, and this will be cleaned out be-
fore work can be resumed In the spring.
There is situated near Auckland, New Zea-
land, the crater of large volcano, which, ac-
cording to SCIENTISTS, may burst forth at any
moment. The Aucklandcrs, however, are go
Ing to cement the bottom OF the crater, and
use It rs Il reservoir for their water-supply
At Santa Barbara man offers to search for
the alleged buried treasure of Joaquin Muir
ietta the outlaw, in the mountains OF Vent
IRA county, California. lie offers the sheriff
Of Santa Clara one.third of the sum found Tor
information of the locality where the outlaw
made his hiding place.
A certain sign OF the holiday season is the
forwarding of remlttances to Europe from the
foreigners on these shores. These sums,
though small, individually reach an enormous
amount From the signs already visible, 1t Is
evident that American naturalzcd citizens
will remember their European relatives rs
generously as ever.
At Milton, Pa, the other evening, lady
upon coming out of meat-shop was accosted
| Nal, uaa cIa N hpr
hand into the basket and pulled out piece OF
bologna sausage, which she pointed at the
fellow, crying out: Leave me, YOU scoun-
lre, or will shoot YOU The masher saw
what he thought to be pistol aud quickly
made his escape.
| The rats have during the past few months,
so annoyed the farmers near Washington, Pa,
| that in many places 'rat-hun;s" have been
INDUCED In. The most successful one has
| Just ended with big supper at Lone Pine.
| W. &. Condit was the captain Of one of the
sides hunting the rats, and succeeded in kill
| ing 1000. The other side, with 5. d. Miller as
captain, got away with 5,462, making total
of l2,462
The United States heads the world In the
matter OF locomotive engines, with horse
power of 1900 900. Then comes England with
| 100000, Germany with 4,500,0O0 France
| with 100000 aud Austria with l,5OOOOO The
horse power of the stcamcnglnes OF the world
represents the work OF l,0OO00O, 900 men, OF
more than double the man power of the whole
working. population. This means that steams
has trcbled mans working powers.
| An English builder OF thcaters has in-
vented n panlc.lock for thcater doors. 1t Is con-
tanned in a panel which occupies large
surface on the inside of the door, and any
one comiug in contact with the door must
press the panel upon which the door opens
instantly. 1t Is impossible for the doors OF
a building fitted with this lock TO be fastened
so that egress is prevented, but from the out
side no entrance is possible except with reg
ular key. Tcrry's theater in London has been
! fitted throughout with the new lock.
The "socIety balsn of old times, says writ.
er in The american Magazine, were conducted
with proprety and reserve The claim OF every
person TO be admitted having been determined
| by the responsible committee, there was q
sort of temporary equality on the floor; aud
every gentleman bad the privilege to invite a
lady. without the Formally of an introduction,
| to figure in the dance as his partner. Alter II
was over he escorted her back respectfully 10
her seat without presumipg, II unknown, &c
remain standing before her or to sit by her
side During the intervals OF dancing the
gentlemen walked up and down between the
rows of ladies that dcnsely lined the hall
No woman, married or single, joined in this
promenading with a male companion, and the
eve OF a lynx could not have detected Tho
slightest Irritation The word itself was not
| known.
Prof. Elihu Thompson, Of Lynn, Mass, cleo